Haverty Furniture Companies (HVT.A) Competitors

Haverty Furniture Companies (NYSE:HVT.A) and Arhaus (NASDAQ:ARHS) are both small-cap retail/wholesale companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.

Is HVT.A or ARHS more profitable?

Arhaus has a net margin of 6.18% compared to Haverty Furniture Companies' net margin of 0.00%. Arhaus' return on equity of 24.92% beat Haverty Furniture Companies' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Haverty Furniture Companies	N/A	N/A	N/A
Arhaus	6.18%	24.92%	6.69%

Does the media refer more to HVT.A or ARHS?

In the previous week, Arhaus had 2 more articles in the media than Haverty Furniture Companies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Arhaus and 2 mentions for Haverty Furniture Companies. Arhaus' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat Haverty Furniture Companies' score of 0.34 indicating that Arhaus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Haverty Furniture Companies	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Arhaus	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Do analysts prefer HVT.A or ARHS?

Arhaus has a consensus target price of $11.18, indicating a potential upside of 34.40%. Given Arhaus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Arhaus is more favorable than Haverty Furniture Companies.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Haverty Furniture Companies	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Arhaus	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more risk & volatility, HVT.A or ARHS?

Haverty Furniture Companies has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Arhaus has a beta of 2.64, meaning that its share price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HVT.A or ARHS?

Haverty Furniture Companies received 7 more outperform votes than Arhaus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.38% of users gave Haverty Furniture Companies an outperform vote while only 55.45% of users gave Arhaus an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Haverty Furniture Companies	Outperform Votes 63 62.38%	Underperform Votes 38 37.62%
Arhaus	Outperform Votes 56 55.45%	Underperform Votes 45 44.55%

Which has better valuation & earnings, HVT.A or ARHS?

Arhaus has higher revenue and earnings than Haverty Furniture Companies. Haverty Furniture Companies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Arhaus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Haverty Furniture Companies	$722.90M	0.40	$18.95M	$1.17	15.26
Arhaus	$1.27B	0.92	$125.24M	$0.49	16.98

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in HVT.A or ARHS?

0.8% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.9% of Arhaus shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.1% of Haverty Furniture Companies shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Arhaus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Arhaus beats Haverty Furniture Companies on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.